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Leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-11: critical regulators in the establishment of pregnancy.
Cytokine & growth factor reviews - 1 Aug 2009
Paiva Premila, Menkhorst Ellen, Salamonsen Lois, Dimitriadis Evdokia
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Blastocyst implantation into a receptive endometrium is critical to the establishment of pregnancy and is tightly regulated by factors within the blastocyst-endometrial micro-environment. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and interleukin-11 (IL11) have key roles during implantation. Female mice with a null mutation in the LIF or IL11RA gene are infertile due to a complete failure of implantation or a defective...
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